Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the man that the shops’ surveillance cameras captured.

The burglary happened at Shepherdsville Jewelry and Pawn on Wilma Avenue, off Preston Highway.

The burglary was caught on camera and the Hillview Police Department shared it with our news crew.

They also shared video of a man who they said was acting suspiciously in the store hours before the burglary.

The camera captured a burglar throwing a brick through the front door of the pawn shop, shattering the glass.

He then, forced his way inside and headed straight for a display case.

“Hit the case two or three times and then just started snatching trays of jewelry," employee Fred Goodman said.

Just like that, the burglar grabs thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and is out within 15 seconds.

“It was devastating because we worked months to get that much jewelry in here,” Goodman said.

More than two weeks after the crime the display case is still empty and the criminal case is still open.

Police do have a person of interest. It’s a man captured on camera in the store hours before the burglary. Police say he was acting suspiciously around the very display case that the jewelry was taken from.

“(He) reached behind the counter to see if the door behind the display case was locked and he also stepped behind and looked behind the display case. We found that odd," Detective Charles McWhirter with the Hillview Police Department said.

The store employees were busy with customers, so at the time they didn't notice.

But what some did find strange was how he pulled in backwards, as to not reveal his license plate to the surveillance cameras.

“I was outside working on a vehicle when my buddy noticed him pulling in, saying he was suspicious,” Goodman said.

The owner of the pawn shop has installed bars on the doors and windows to keep this from ever happening again.

If you recognize the man in the video or have any information, call the Hillview Police Department at 502-955-6808.